läsnä

See also: lasna

Finnish

Etymology

From lähi- or earlier. Equivalent of läs- +‎ -nä with the Proto-Uralic locative case ending.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlæsnæ/, [ˈlæs̠næ]
Rhymes: -æsnæ
Syllabification^(key): läs‧nä

Adverb

läsnä

present (being in the immediate vicinity)
olla läsnä ― to be present, to attend

Olin läsnä, kun se tapahtui.
I was present when it happened.

Olivatko kaikki läsnä kokouksessa?
Did everybody attend the meeting?

Usage notes

This adverb can be used predicatively with olla (“to be”); it can be used as an adjective in other positions (such as attributively) by using oleva.

Inflection

Declension of lähi-

noun case	singular	plural	adverbial form	singular	plural
nominative	lähi-	–	superessive	–	–
genitive	–	–	delative	–	–
partitive	–	–	sublative	–	–
accusative	–	–	lative	lähes	–
inessive	–	–	temporal	–	–
elative	–	–	causative	–	–
illative	–	–	multiplicative	–	–
adessive	lähellä	–	distributive	–	–
ablative	läheltä	–	temp. dist.	–	–
allative	lähelle	–	prolative	lähitse	–
essive	läsnä	–	situative	lähekkäin	–
translative	–	–	oppositive	lähetysten	–
instructive	–	–
abessive	–	–
comitative	–	–

Synonyms

paikalla

Derived terms

läsnä oleva
läsnäolo (“presence, attendance”)
läsnäolovelvollisuus (“obligation to be present”)

Anagrams

sälän

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